Dictionary

putrescible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pjuːˈtɹɛsɪb(ə)l/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Latin putrescere (“to rot”) + -ible.

Meanings

1. Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable.
   • The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning. 1911, “Dry Rot”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
   • Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.” 2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times:
   • For waste that is putrescible or may be infectious, on-site incineration is ideal. 1995, “Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposing of Chemicals”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 158:

Forms

Deriveds

nonputrescible · imputrescible

Translations (19)

pl rozkładający się (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · fi helposti hajoava (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · is sem getur rotnað (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · fr putrescible (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · hy նեխող (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · it putrescibili (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · es putrescible (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · ru подверженный гниению (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · pl rozkładczy (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · pt putrescível (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · hy փչացող (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · de verfaulbar (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · pl rozkładalny (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · nl bederfelijk (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · cmn 易腐烂的 (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · fi helposti mätänevä (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · de verrottbar (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · ru портящийся (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) · ca putrescible (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable)